Virtual Shabbat Service, 6:00 pm Our Erev Shabbat service in the comfort of your own home! Grab your computer and candles, and we'll join together for music and candle-lighting in virtual community. Services will be hosted on Facebook Live and Zoom.
Please note the time change! Starting in May, all Saturday morning adult programming will begin at 10:00 am. Mussar is the Jewish school of thought which seeks to root personal character development and right behavior in Jewish tradition and text. We will gather to learn more about this tradition and how it may benefit our lives.
Healing and Havdalah: A Space for Communal Check-In Saturday, May 16, 7:00 pm
Having moved past Passover, we are now in the time of the Omer, when we count the days between Passover, the festival of Freedom, and Shavuot, the Festival of Torah, symbolizing how our liberation is only secure when we can create a society to preserve it. This year, we are doing another type of counting, as we count the days we have been quarantined and staying at home.
During this time of the virus, we have many emotions. Let’s create a space during the Omer to come together for a little study, song, and sharing to support one another during these times. For one hour on Saturday evenings you are invited to gather on zoom for some reflection and sharing. We will begin with a little teaching from Rabbi Seth, have some time for reflection and sharing, and end with Havdalah.
Mussar Learning with Alan Morinis Sunday, May 17, 1:00 pm
Dr. Alan Morinis, Founder of The Mussar Institute, is widely considered to be the leading figure in the contemporary revival of the Mussar movement, a 1,100-year-old authentic Jewish personal and communal spiritual tradition that was nearly lost following the Holocaust. A filmmaker, Rhodes Scholar, and anthropologist whose focus had been Hindu religious pilgrimages, he began to explore Mussar following a personal crisis in 1997.
Alan sought private instruction under Rabbi Yechiel Perr, an accomplished master who stood in an unbroken line of transmission of the Mussar tradition. Following years of study, he reinterpreted the ancient Mussar learnings and practices for modern audiences in Climbing Jacob’s Ladder and Everyday Holiness. To address the growing public interest in Mussar, he founded The Mussar Institute in 2004. He went on to author two more books, Every Day, Holy Day, and With Heart in Mind.
The TBH Shabbat morning Mussar group has been studying “With Heart in Mind” for the past four years, and we are delighted to welcome Alan to TBH via Zoom to engage in Mussar study with us. Sunday, May 17 at 1:00 p.m. Please register here>>
With many thanks to Michele and Richard Jackman for making this connection.
Virtual Gala: Raise the Pandemic Paddle & Zoom Auction! Sunday, May 17, 7:00 pm
The Virtual Gala 2020 Committee cordially invites you to: A Physically Safe Dinner, Pandemic Paddle Raise, and Virtual Live Auction!. If you did not have a chance to order a meal from Nineveh, you can still support TBH! Here's how:
Cancellation of the 2020 Gala leaves a $14,000 hole in our TBH budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. You can raise your hand in the Pandemic Paddle at the level that works for you! Donate towards our Pandemic Paddle Raise here.
At 7:00 pm on Sunday, May 17, join us for our Virtual Gala on Zoom and Live Auction! Everyone is welcome to attend, regardless of whether they ordered the Gala dinner. Watch your inbox for the full catalog of auction items later this week. (Meeting ID: 814 2105 4022)Join Zoom Gala>>
Virtual Auction Item: Bagels by Ozi Goldstein
Virtual Auction Item: Custom quilt by Julie Kinn
Virtual Auction Item: Pickle Class with Edie Bean
Green Team Tuesday, May 19, 5:45 pm
The closure of TBH is an excellent opportunity to compare changes in energy use between this year and last. We can have a better idea of baseline use. Outside of TBH, members are reporting using this time at home to make climate-friendly improvements such as fixing energy leaks from insulation and weather-stripping, gardening, and home-cooking which reduces driving and take-out packaging. We’d like to hear what changes you are making. Our next Green Team meeting will be by Zoom on Tues. May 19th at 5:45. Everyone is welcome. Contact tbh@bethhatfiloh.org with any questions or information.
Celebrating @ Sinai: a virtual Shavuot celebration for the Reconstructionist movement Thursday, May 28 - Friday, May 29
Rather than hosting our own Shavuot celebration, TBH encourages you to join our larger community and attend Shavuot hosted by Reconstructing Judaism. Celebrate with revelations of song & study, meditation, movement, & more.
Participate the whole night or just what you want. Join us for all or part of our program beginning with Kabbalat Hag Song Fest and Candlelighting, Thursday, May 28 4:30 pm and continuing with a Tikkun Leyl Shavuot of teaching, learning, movement, and musical offerings through Friday morning, May 29, 7:30 am. Reconstructionist communities and individuals will be welcome to join our Zoom webinar or view on our Facebook live stream for as much or as little as they would like.
This section of the weekly is dedicated to sharing member creativity and experiences during this time of separation! If you have a recipe, piece of art, poem, short story, photo, etc. that you would like to share, send it to tbh@bethhatfiloh.org. If we receive enough submissions, we hope to compile them after this crisis has passed.
In 1971 I went to South Dakota for a year. No deli to be found. I don't think most folks had ever seen a Jew. My mother, of blessed memory, sent me this bagel recipe...They are delicious. The only issue might be finding flour in Olympia. T.P. and flour, what's the deal?
Michele Jackman
AROUND THE CONGREGATION
Yahrzeits
David Goldstein Esther Pollock Rose Mogal Hyman Posner Barry B. Aronovitch Lee Hollander June Bean Constance Shapiro Sidney Rubin Lawrence Scheier Perle Schrager Alan (Allie) E. Goldberg Betty O'Shinsky Perry Jean Medley Jacqueline Rosenkrantz Eugene Balter John William Fay Estelle Grant David Wedogsky Pauline Snyder
Happy Birthday!
13 Charles Shelan 13 Daniel Farber 14 Robert Carmel 15 Joseph Selwitz 15 Andrew Gaines 16 Nicole Moulton 16 Michael Swartz 16 Kay McKenzie 16 Melissa DiFilippi 17 Arielle Lewis 18 Vincent Schwent 19 Jack Kowitt 19 Kim Adelson
RESOURCES
Zoom Update Required!
Please make sure that you are updating to the latest version of Zoom, Zoom 5.0. This version includes increased security features. After May 30, all users will be required to upgrade before joining meetings. Learn more here.
TBH COVID-19 Webpage
Please check out our webpage dedicated to COVID-19 updates and additional resources here.
TBH Office Closure
The physical office is closed, though staff members are still working remotely. For assistance, please email tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.
Providing Communal Support
The following support services have been offered by our wonderfully generous TBH members: home delivery, grocery shopping, prescription pick-up, email and phone chats, safe-distance walking companion, navigating healthcare, tech support, end of life consultation, mental health support, and more! To take advantage of these support services, email Kayla at tbh@bethhatfiloh.org.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES Note: These are not officially sponsored or endorsed by TBH, but they are listed as they have Jewish content and/or may be of interest to our community.
"Golden Dreams of Olam haBa: The World to Come 5781" Jewish Daily Planner and Dream Journal
Rebekah Erev and Nomy Lamm are taking pre-orders! This is a beautiful, functional daily planner that integrates the Hebrew and Gregorian calendars, sharing mystical associations with each month, with art by Rebekah and Nomy, and writings and ritual suggestions by twelve Jewish mystics! Be one of the first to order your copy! All prices include shipping. The calendar will be ready and shipped out to you in plenty of time for Rosh Hashanah. Order now at: tinyurl.com/olam-haba
Temple Beth Hatfiloh, 201 8th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501
Growing Shabbat! at Camp Solomon Schechter Friday, Apr 19th 5:30p to 8:00p Everyone is welcome to join us for dinner and a service at Camp Solomon Schechter.
Registration is free, but required for dinner plans and access codes.
Please put any dietary requirements in the notes when registering.
